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While the essay of Susanna Wesely is very scary thinking about how those children were raised, I have to remember that that way of thinking was probably normal for the time and an acceptable way of thought. But to our modern minds it does seem very barbaric. I did like Eliza Pinckney's letter to herself however and thought that it gave a good insight into the minds of women at the time, especially married women in her social position. Reading what she wrote, some of it women try and apply in their lives today and it does seem to speak through the years. It is that part about making all her actions "Corrispond with that sincere love and Duty I bear him" that we tend to baulk at today. --Mary P. | While the essay of Susanna Wesely is very scary thinking about how those children were raised, I have to remember that that way of thinking was probably normal for the time and an acceptable way of thought. But to our modern minds it does seem very barbaric. I did like Eliza Pinckney's letter to herself however and thought that it gave a good insight into the minds of women at the time, especially married women in her social position. Reading what she wrote, some of it women try and apply in their lives today and it does seem to speak through the years. It is that part about making all her actions "Corrispond with that sincere love and Duty I bear him" that we tend to baulk at today. --Mary P. | ||
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| + | >> After reading Eliza's letter to herself it made me want to be her friend, she definitely seemed like a thoughtful person. She remembered nearly EVERYONE in her resolutions. However, I wonder how successful she was at keeping her resolutions. According to the text she read these things daily and reflected upon them (at least that what she said she does. Her piece was a nice contrast the strictness of Susanna Wesley. | ||
I also think it is important to remember when this document was written. Granted, I would never raise my children this way- and I was not raised this way, obviously! But, this was written in a time when structure and control was normal. Control and structure of social institutions was through the church and the government. All children were representatives of their parents- as we are today- and what would the "gossiping women" say if your children were acting up in the slightest way? We must remember how much pressure there was on women to raise their children. Anything the children did wrong was the mother's fault and she would be socially battered for it. - Talya R. Halpern | I also think it is important to remember when this document was written. Granted, I would never raise my children this way- and I was not raised this way, obviously! But, this was written in a time when structure and control was normal. Control and structure of social institutions was through the church and the government. All children were representatives of their parents- as we are today- and what would the "gossiping women" say if your children were acting up in the slightest way? We must remember how much pressure there was on women to raise their children. Anything the children did wrong was the mother's fault and she would be socially battered for it. - Talya R. Halpern | ||
